As part of her dissertation research, Willard is working with the community to record, preserve, and share stories told by multiple generations of women in the town about their experiences of the conflict and genocide in Guatemala.

The research trip and writing of this article was supported by the Jackson School of International Studies Jackson-Fosdick Internship Scholarship and Leslianne Shedd Internship Scholarship in International Studies and Public Health. It was also funded by the Jackson School Latin American & Caribbean Studies Program “Dr. Clyde Snow Fund for Latin American and Caribbean Studies” and the University of Washington Center for Human Rights’ “Benjamin Linder Endowed Fund.”